Stuck in Fast Forward, also known as The Hunger of Time in an expanded edition, is a 1999 young-adult science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novel by Damien Broderick

Damien Broderick

Damien Francis Broderick is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. His science fiction novel The Judas Mandala is sometimes credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality," and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the...

 & Rory Barnes

Rory Barnes

Rory Barnes is an Australian writer of popular fiction. Although born in London, he has lived most of his life in Australia.-Bibliography:*Valencies *The Bomb-Monger's Daughter...

. It follows the story of Donald and his family who decide to travel forward in time in order to wait out the disaster and destruction that the world has become.

Background

Stuck in Fast Forward was first published in 1999 by HarperCollins

HarperCollins

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 in paperback

Paperback

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 format. In 2003 it was expanded and released in the United States by E-Reads under the title, The Hunger of Time. Stuck in Fast Forward was a short-list nominee for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Dave Luckett

Dave Luckett

Dave Luckett is an Australian children's writer born in Stanmore, New South Wales. He has written three non-fiction books about cricket and medieval weapons and armor. He has also written three series of fantasy books as well as a number of standalone fantasy books. One of the series, The Rhianna...

's A Dark Victory

A Dark Victory

A Dark Victory is a 1999 young-adult fantasy novel by Dave Luckett and is the last book in the Tenabran Trilogy. It follows the story of how Will is preparing for his final battle as Prince Nathan's armies mass on the moors.-Background:...

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Reception

The Courier-Mail

The Courier-Mail

The Courier-Mail is a daily newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. Owned by News Limited, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Murarrie, in Brisbane's...

praised Stuck in Fast Forward as hilarious and clever and stating it "has enough quirks to appeal to the most curious future time-traveller."